The authors would like to thank the following people for their help with this project. Any errors in the manuscript are, of course, the authors’ responsibility alone.

Michael Hicks, director of Center for Business and Economic Research at Ball State University and adjunct scholar with the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, for his review of a draft of this manuscript.

J. Scott Moody, president of Public Choice Analytics for the U.S. States, for his review of a draft of this manuscript.

James Hohman, fiscal policy analyst at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, for reviewing a draft of this manuscript and fact-checking many elements in it.

Hannah Mead, assistant editor at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, for fact-checking many elements of the paper.

Jarrett Skorup, research associate for online engagement at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, for media outreach.

David Dietsche, summer research intern at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, for research assistance.